“There are at least 22 tiers in the structure of the rabbit head. For a rabbit lantern, the meticulous cutting, sanding, and pasting takes up to three hours. Wang has been making lanterns by hand for more than 30 years. “It’s mainly out of my interest, and has become a hobby,” 71-year-old craftsman Wang Chenghao said. Lanterns make up the body of the dragon, which is covered with wood and straw, symbolizing prosperity. Tradition runs even deeper in Southwestern Shibing County in Guizhou province where lanterns dominate a straw dragon dance that dates back 500 years. It’s a collaborative effort now in its 15th year. In central China’s Henan province, visitors got a brief history of China’s Three Kingdoms period, with the help of 30,000 lanterns.Ī lantern display jointly run by a district of Fuzhou city and Taiwan’s Matsu islands, conveyed a message of harmony. “I feel like I’m in a part of heaven now,” said U.S. This year’s show covers an area of 3 million square miles, lighting up the hearts of thousands of tourists from China and abroad. In Datong, located in North China’s Shanxi province, the lantern show has grown even bigger. The theme: “Birds paying homages to the phoenix” Taking center stage at a festival in Liaocheng in the Western part of Shandong province is a lantern that’s 28 meters long and 8 meters tall. Red lanterns are the most widely recognized, and among the most traditional.īut through the years - lanterns of all shapes and sizes are catching people’s attention.

Since the information letter of cooperation mode according to the agreed fee.Across China, Lunar new year still hangs in the air, literally. Information Cooperation:Ĭompany operating in good faith principle of mutual benefit, sincerely welcome friends to cooperate with the relevant information to us. This is a common form of Evolution on investment, paid in advance by the partners guarantee a certain amount of activity at the end cost, the two sides negotiate the proceeds according to proportional distribution. Partners in the way of lump sum fee, we entrust all the planning, design, production or program content for the system, we no longer participate in activities income distribution. For the system: traditional and modern Chinese lanterns, lantern-dimensional cartoon international mandate, simulation dinosaurs, floats, color boat. All the planning, design, production: New Year carnivals, theme lantern, tourist attractions of the city. The lanterns are then shipped to the city that is hosting the Lantern Light Festival and re-built.ġ. After each lantern is finished, it is disassembled and packed up. Since each Chinese lantern is made by hand, the production process is lengthy and requires a team of artisans. Please check out the Pictures of how these amazing lanterns are custom-made in China. But the best way to experience a lantern is up close and personal at the Lantern Light Festival! These enormous lanterns, each hand-crafted by Chinese artisans, are a celebration of architecture from around the world, creatures of the land and sea, holiday traditions, and mythical stories.

This Buddhist custom gradually became a grand celebration for the Chinese people and is the inspiration for the Lantern Light Festival.

The Emperor ordered that all the temples, households, and royal palaces should light lanterns on that evening. Emperor Hanmingdi heard that monks lit lanterns in the temples to show respect to Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Light Festival is proud to present the pageantry and awe-inspiring beauty of a tradition and craft that was started over 2,000 years ago in China. Experience a night of spectacular lights and structures.

Lantern light festival 2017